Pilot for domestic renewal of H-1B visa clears White House review
New York-- In a move likely to benefit Indian professionals, a pilot program allowing H-1B holders to renew visas without leaving the US, has...
US announces additional H-2B visas for FY 2024
New York-- The US Departments of Labor and Homeland Security have announced an additional 64,716 H-2B temporary non-agricultural worker visas for FY 2024.
This allotment...
Issue of US visas in India being speeded up, says Ambassador Garcetti
New Delhi-- The US is accelerating the pace of issuing visas in India with more staff joining its Hyderabad consulate and new consulates to...
Starting Jan, 20k H-1B holders will be able to renew their visas in US
New York-- In a move likely to benefit Indian professionals, 20,000 H1B specialty occupation workers will be able to renew their visas in the...
Indians form 3rd largest illegal immigrant population in US: Pew
New Delhi-- Numbering around 725,000, Indians form the third largest population of illegal immigrants in the US after Mexico and El Salvador, according to...
US reaches H-1B visa cap for FY24
Washington-- The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said it has received a sufficient number of petitions to reach the congressionally-mandated cap for the...
Moderate Republicans could bail out Prez Biden out of the country’s worst-ever immigration crisis
By T.N. Ashok
Washington-- US President Joe Biden is facing the worst immigration crisis in American history to date that could impact his electoral prospects...
15% of US population is now foreign-born: Study
New York-- The total foreign-born population in the US, legal and illegal, was 49.5 million in October 2023, -- a record 4.5 million increase...
H-1B visa process begins March 6 amid overhaul of lottery system
New York-- The initial registration for the H-1B visa application for fiscal year 2025 will open from March 6 and run through March 22,...
70 Indians suing US govt for denying them H-1B visas: Report
New York-- Nearly 70 nationals have filed a lawsuit against the US government for denying them H-1B visas because of fraud committed by their...